The Carnegie Museum of Art and the Community Design Center of Pittsburgh are sponsoring a free screening of the film Citizen Architect: Samuel Mockbee and the Spirit of Rural Studio at 2:30 PM on November 12, 2011. The screening will be held at the Carnegie Museum of Art Theater at 4400 Forbes Avenue in Oakland. Read more about the screening here, read more about the film here, read an interview with the filmmaker about the film and Rural Studio’s work here, and watch the trailer below.
The AIGA Pittsburgh will be screening the new Gary Hustwit film, Urbanized, at the Harris Theater on November 8th at 9 PM and November 9th at 7 PM. Read more about the screenings here and watch the trailer below.
The new Pittsburgh CONNECTS Lab in Garfield has a series of great workshops coming up, including sessions on computer and software training, free computer repair, writing invoices for non-profit organizations, and information about how to apply for heating assistance this winter. Read more about their November events here. In October, they are offering:
“Microsoft Excel Basics” on October 27th 2:00 PM;
“Invoicing for Non-Profits” on October 29th 6:00 PM;
And a PNCIS Information Session on October 27th at 6:00 PM.
RSVP or find out more about the workshops by calling 412-456-0858, by writing BGC.ENEC@gmail.com, or visiting their website.
November 17 2011 | New Hazlett Theater | 6.30p.m.
Can algebra be an organizing principal for a civil rights movement? Robert Parris Moses thinks so! As the founder of the Alegbra Project, a revolutionary educational tool, Dr. Moses will show how mathematics can be used as an organizing tool to guarantee quality public school education for all students. As a result of his efforts, Dr. Moses received the Heinz Award from the Heinz Family Foundation for making math instruction available to children of all backgrounds.
Carey Harris, Executive Director of A+ Schools, an independent advocate for improvement in public education, will highlight local efforts and trends to provide opportunities to public school students and will also moderate the discussion, which we’ll kick off with some questions from Pittsburgh Public School students.
Be there or be square.
Missed this event? Catch the full video here or the short version here.
Last night’s cityLIVE! event was written up in the Pittsburgh Tribune Review this morning. Moderated by Melanie Harrington, CEO of Vibrant Pittsburgh, the event featured D. Raja and Rich Fitzgerald, candidates for Allegheny County executive. Read the Pittsburgh Tribune Review’s coverage of the event here.
October 18 2011 | New Hazlett Theater | 6.30p.m.
Pittsburgh is less diverse than 98 out of 100 of the largest metropolitan areas in the United States, according to the 2010 census …”whiter even than the Amish country around Lancaster, the Mormon population center of Salt Lake City, Midwest agrarian capitals such as Des Moines, Iowa, and far more isolated places like Boise, Idaho,” says Gary Rotstein of the Pittsburgh Post Gazette. “How does a region built on immigration, albeit from previous centuries, come to have in 2011 such a small share of people of color?”
On October 18, cityLIVE! and Vibrant Pittsburgh will host a conversation between candidates D. Raja, Rich Fitzgerald and you, the audience, on the status of foreign born talent and diversity in the region. Economic development is at the heart of this discussion. For instance, 25% of U.S. business owners in the technology and engineering sector are foreign born, as are the owners of 24% of patent applications filed. Moderated by Melanie Harrington, CEO of Vibrant Pittsburgh, we will hear how our future leaders plan to tackle these issues in their future role as Allegheny County Executive.
This is an important conversation. Be there, or be really square.
Missed this event? Catch the full video here or the short version here.
On Tuesday night, cityLAB held a brainstorming session to work through the 16 incentives for our 6% Place in Garfield. Community members worked with the Carnegie Mellon architecture students who are researching and designing the incentives this semester.
After a presentation about the 6% Place and student progress on the projects, we organized into break-out sessions. CMU students and community members worked together in 8 groups to make the incentives as good, as strong, and as viable as possible.
Read more about the background of the experiment here and watch this space to hear more about the 6% incentives in the coming weeks.
We’ve had some great press coverage about our 6% Place experiment and the brainstorming meeting we will be holding tomorrow in Garfield.
The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review posted a short article about the meeting yesterday, and The Bulletin, a publication of the Bloomfield-Garfield Corporation, just published a great piece about the experiment, the 16 ideas for Garfield, and our upcoming meeting. Read their coverage here, and read more of their October issue here.
Thanks to the Tribune-Review and The Bulletin for this great coverage!
P.S. R.S.V.P. to tomorrow’s brainstorming meeting here!
Come help us connect the dots! Your ideas for Garfield are needed at a brainstorming session!
Help us brainstorm for change in Garfield on Tuesday, October 4th at the BGC Community Activity Center, 113 North Pacific Avenue. We’ll explore 16 fantastic ideas for Garfield’s future with 70 architecture students.
Hear the 6% Place presentation at 6 PM (a repeat performance) and join in with your ideas at 7 PM.
Be there or be square!
R.S.V.P. to the 6% Brainstorming Meeting here.
Hot off the presses! cityLAB will be holding a community meeting for our 6% Place experiment on September 7th in Garfield – and we need YOU to come and GET INVOLVED!
The community meeting will be held from 6 to 7:30 PM on Wednesday, September 7th at the St. Lawrence O’Toole Activity Center on 140 N. Atlantic Avenue in Garfield.
cityLAB will be unveiling the ‘toolbox’ for our 6% Percent Place experiment and what comes next. We need your input – there will be 90 CMU architecture students there to work with you!
Munchies and drinks will be served.
R.S.V.P. to the 6% Percent Place Community Meeting here.
We hope to see you there!